Technology transfer

US institutions are dominant in a survey of bio tech transfer published by the Miliken Foundation covering publications, patenting and tech transfer outcomes.

Glasgow University has introduced an online licensing agreement system on its technology commercialisation web site in a bid to make it easier for SMEs to access its research

SMEs are the target for a new "portal" on the European Nanotechnology Gateway, nanoforum.org

The US Department of Energy plans to put $1.4 million for studies on the economic feasibility of producing hydrogen at nuclear plants.

Google has so many irons in the fire that it is not always easy to keep track of its projects. This is definitely not the case of the Google Library project, which proposes to scan the content of great libraries of the world and make them accessible to on-line search.

Not quite the newest technology on the block, but a new Chinese factory is ramping up productuion of tiny particles.

Unlike old generals, drug-patent wars not only do not die but do not even fade away. As reported by Reuters and other major media, on Monday, August 7, hundreds of Thais living with HIV/AIDS demonstrated in front of the Bangkok offices of drug maker GlaxoSmithKline to protest a patent application for its key anti-retroviral drug, Combid.

The nuclear industry really is interested in playing a role in the hydrogen economy, and meets regularly to review progress.